Natural Gas Risk Management
In this course you’ll learn a wide array of tools and techniques for managing your company’s risk in the natural gas market. With a primary focus on emerging trends, it approaches the natural gas market with a view of the main elements that impact price and volatility and how these elements are part of the tools needed to manage the margins of your specific business.
You’ll examine:
| Market macro and micro fundamentals |
| Natural Gas purchasing and selling methodology |
| Processing and marketing |
| Futures and options for natural gas risk management |
| Over-the-counter swaps, options, forwards for natural gas risk management and trading |
| Techniques to put all of these pieces together. |
We will also cover:
| What market factors impact your margins and why you need to manage your company’s risk. |
| How to assess the risk profile of your company and implement a hedge strategy. |
| Best practices for a commercial hedging program in the natural gas industry. |
| Designing your risk management program, defining your hedge objectives and determining the appropriate hedge strategies for your company. |
| Development of daily marked to market, monitoring and adjusting your hedge strategy. |
| The importance of OTC swaps and exchange-traded futures in development and implementation of a successful commercial hedging operation in the natural gas industry. |
